Australia has warned athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games that anyone caught overstaying their visas will be dealt with firmly
India’s Olympic Chief has said that any decision to boycott the 2012 London Games over Dow Chemical’s sponsorship of the Games rested with government.
A furious critic threw a slipper at the organiser of India’s Commonwealth Games and others ransacked his office after his arrest for corruption.
Indian police arrested the former chief organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games on Monday as part of a crackdown on corruption.
Indian officials have arrested the chief organiser of the 2010 Commonwealth Gamesas part of a corruption investigation into the graft-plagued event.
Indian police on Wednesday questioned the top organiser of the Delhi Commonwealth Games as part of a corruption probe into the tainted October event.
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/ 28 October 2010
Hundreds of tax inspectors have raided scores of offices across India, probing allegations of corruption linked to the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Delhi put on a second flawless spectacle of song and dance on Thursday to close the Commonwealth Games on a high.
Commonwealth Games chief Mike Fennell on Thursday saluted Delhi 2010, but admitted the creaking showpiece needs to rethink its timing.
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/ 13 October 2010
Indian race walker Rani Yadav has tested positive for a banned steroid and provisionally suspended from the Commonwealth Games.
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/ 13 October 2010
Georgie Twigg scored the match-winning goal as England defeated SA 1-0 to bag the bronze in the Commonwealth Games women’s hockey.
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/ 13 October 2010
An Indian track and field athlete has tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone at the Commonwealth Games.
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/ 12 October 2010
SA fought back to beat 10-man Pakistan in an ill-tempered clash on Tuesday and finish fifth in the Commonwealth Games men’s hockey competition.
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/ 12 October 2010
New Zealand underlined their status as the team to beat at the Commonwealth Games rugby sevens on Tuesday as they crushed Wales to enter the semis.
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/ 12 October 2010
The Commonwealth Games were overshadowed by a second positive doping test as a top official warned about the pitfalls of the supplement industry.
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/ 11 October 2010
Commonwealth Games women’s 100m gold medallist Osayemi Oludamola has tested positive for a banned stimulant.
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Cyclists Allan Davis and Rochelle Gilmore dodged wild dogs and monkeys on the streets of Delhi to win the Commonwealth Games road races on Sunday.
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/ 10 October 2010
James Tindall scored the winner as England cruised to the semifinals of the Commonwealth Games men’s hockey.
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A full house roared Australian golden girl Leisel Jones to a 10th Commonwealth swimming title as Indians came out in numbers to support the Games.
Delhi’s Commonwealth Games was plunged into a racism storm on Saturday after SA swimmer Roland Schoeman described a crowd of acting like "monkeys".
Amantle Montsho ensured herself star status by winning Botswana’s first ever Commonwealth gold medal on Friday.
South Africa’s world record holder Cameron Van der Burgh on Friday won the men’s 50m breaststroke, adding a second gold to his 100m title.
Uganda’s Moses Kipsiro took the first athletics gold of the Commonwealth Games after workers triumphed in their own race to repair the track
Commonwealth Games organisers launched an investigation into the water quality at the event’s pool after reports that over 50 swimmers had fallen ill.
South Africa’s Cameron van der Burgh lowered the Commonwealth Games 100m breaststroke best for the third time in two days.
The athletics programme is due to start at the Commonwealth Games on Wednesday amid concerns about the state of the track.
Commonwealth Games organisers insisted on Tuesday that empty stadiums would fill up as India brought some cheer to home fans with two gold medals.
Veteran Pietie Coetzee scored four goals including a hat-trick as South Africa trounced minnows Trinidad and Tobago 12-0 on Monday.
As the spotlight finally turned to sports at the Commonwealth Games, the prospect of contracting dengue fever is still a worry in New Delhi.
New Delhi’s chief minister Sheila Dikshit has dismissed criticism that the city is trying to hide its poverty during the Commonwealth Games
The 19th Commonwealth Games were declared open on Sunday in a spectacular opening ceremony that should help repair the damage to India’s image.
Delhi resembled a city under curfew on Sunday ahead of the opening ceremony of the Commonwealth Games.